I have learned a lot about the educational value of blogging. As a librarian, I can host book talks, book discussions, and/or book reviews. A motivational factor of blogging is the audience in which students write for: parents, other students, teachers, grandparents, relatives, and people all over the world. As Echlin (2007) points out, technology allows kids to create something with what they've learned, which is one of the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy of learning. Anyone can blog from a first grader to a school principal. There are a number of programs that will keep students safe while on the internet such as, Blogger, LiveJournal, Blogmeister, KidzBlog, Thingamablog, and Think.com.
I read in an article titled Blogging is History: Taking Classroom Discussions Online, about a history teacher asking his students to read Guerrilla Season and using a blog as an online book group. He had approximately 300 students responding to the discussion. He also invited parents and teachers to join in. The website to the blog is http://www.guerrillaseason.blogspot.com/
My goal for the coming year is to at least introduce the idea to my principal.
Echlin, H. (2007). Blogging is history: Taking discussions online. Edutopia. Retrieved August 25, 2009, from http://www.edutopia.org/blogging-history
Jackson, L. (2005). Blogging? It's elementary, my Dear Watson!. Education World. Retrieved August 25, 2009, from http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech217.shtml
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